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Jamie Carson
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Retired counter of ships. Economics, Investing, Transportation, Statistics, DataViz and more.
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"What did you do in the war against fascism, Daddy?"

"Oh, I had a few banger skeets."
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Speaking of NOAA, my dad served in US Marines from 1969-1976. He used GI bill to get pharm degree from UofM, then served in US PHS til 2005, retiring w/ military benefits

My dad’s military retirement pay stopped Nov 1…

because Trump stopped pay to NOAA & PHS officers, vets, surviving spouses
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Einstein*: "Compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe."

Trump: "It's not a big deal."

* - not really Einstein.
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
CTV News gives stats on how many homeless encampments were "cleaned up". 😔
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Caulfield with another Little Digger Goal (TM) #Habs
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
December 2024, Finance Minister resigns, warns aboot "gimmicks" in the Budget.

November 2025, new Budget delivered, extensive news coverage of potential Eurovision entry.

#Canpoli
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Junior made a map using Python showing the vote split for and against the controversial Lansdowne 2.0 project in Ottawa.
Source: Ottawa subreddit.
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Name a film with a fake band/songs:
Clockwork Orange
The Heaven 17
Inside (#4 on the charts)
Name a film with a fake band/songs.
Wild in the Streets
Max Frost and the Troopers - The Shape of Things to Come

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEqW...
November 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Anyone else have a craving for donuts? #Pluribus
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
#FF Super under-followed here:
Canadian farmers, already hit by China's 100% pea tariff since March, now has India imposing 30% duty as of Nov 1st.

@reuters.com reported yellow peas were to be duty free until next March 31, but India's farmers pushed the govt to curb imports.
#cdnecon #cdnpoli

www.producer.com/crops/india-...
India slaps 30 per cent import duty on yellow peas | The Western Producer
India has imposed a 30 per cent duty on yellow pea imports with a bill of lading date on or after Nov. 1, 2025.
www.producer.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Poilievre's blinking background screen is more annoying than blinking Christmas lights, a 🧵...
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reposted by Jamie Carson
I’m a broken record on this, but Peter Drahos predicted this outcome in his 2021 book Survival Governance: The US (Canada even moreso) are simply too embedded in a carbon economy to resist the all-encompassing political and economic pressures. And so we get short-sighted policies and politicians.
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Reposted by Jamie Carson
I still hear Xi saying
'Never break the chain'
Xi warns against “breaking supply chains” in his first public remarks after Trump talks.

Follow our live blog for the latest ⤵️
Xi Cites Need to Maintain Stable Supply Chains in APEC Speech
Nvidia’s Huang to Address APEC as Xi and Carney to Meet: Live News
bloom.bg
October 31, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I agree with the sentiment, but "hanged" is the proper word here.
Also, guillotines appear to be a popular option.
I am very much against the death penalty, but I truly think that some people are going to have to be hung (after a fair trial) to keep this from happening again. There's no way around it.
We must take the high road here. These monsters should get a fair trial before they are hung by the state for their crimes
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Glencore denies the rumours www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
USMCA "enables automakers operating in the U.S. to compete globally through regional integration, which delivers efficiency gains" and accounts "for tens of billions of dollars in annual savings." www.reuters.com/business/aut...
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Reposted by Jamie Carson
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
NHL trolling current U.S. politics tonight with a Predators-Wild matchup. 🏒
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Transport Canada losing its air fleet, helping our NATO numbers. #Budget #CanPoli
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Reposted by Jamie Carson
Our latest blog includes some frankly shocking revelations...

... including the fact that the DFO allowed the forestry industry to destroy legally protected #CriticalHabitat for #SpeciesAtRisk, because industry was concerned the rules were too onerous 🌲🪓🪵

cpaws-southernalberta.org/critical-hab...
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Tic tac tic tac toe Suzuki! #Habs
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
On CBC, Cochrane cites @trevortombe.bsky.social 's analysis of impact of carbon taxes on food prices, but both he and the Conservative MP appear to conflate the industrial portion with the now-defunct fuel charges. Snippyness ensues.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Rotisserie chicken for dinner, reflecting on what last year's Budget gave us.
November 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM